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Stanislav Pozdnyakov
Personal information
Born (1973-09-27) 27 September 1973 (age 51)
Novosibirsk, Russia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Weaponsabre
Handright-handed
FIE rankingarchive
Medal record
Men's sabre
Representing  Unified Team
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Team
Representing  Russia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Individual
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Athens Team
World Fencing Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Athens Team
Gold medal – first place 1997 Cape Town Individual
Gold medal – first place 2001 Nîmes Individual
Gold medal – first place 2001 Nîmes Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lisbon Individual
Gold medal – first place 2002 Lisbon Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Leipzig Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Turin Individual
Gold medal – first place 2007 St. Petersburg Individual
Silver medal – second place 1994 Athens Individual
Silver medal – second place 1995 The Hague Team
Silver medal – second place 1997 Cape Town Team
Silver medal – second place 1999 Seoul Individual
Silver medal – second place 2005 Leipzig Individual
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Seoul Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Turin Team

Stanislav Alexeyevich Pozdnyakov (Russian: Станислав Алексеевич Поздняков) (born 27 September 1973 in Novosibirsk) is a Russian fencer, who has won five Olympic medals in the sabre competitions.[1][2] He also won the gold medal at the 2006 World Fencing Championships and the 2007 World Fencing Championships in the individual sabre as well as a bronze medal in the team sabre in 2006.

Biography

Achievements

Pozdnyakov has won the World Fencing Championships a total of ten times; five times in the team event and five times in the individual event, more times than any other sabre fencer in history. He also has won five silver and two bronze medals from the World Championships. Pozdnyakov is also one of the most successful Olympic fencers of all time. At the 1992 Games in Barcelona, Spain, he was a member of the U.S.S.R. team that took Gold. In 1996, as team captain, he won a team gold and a gold in the individual event. His last gold Olympic medal was from the 2000 Games in the team event again. At the 2004 Games, he and the Russian Federation team beat the American team 45-44 to win the bronze medal. Four years later, at the 2008 Games, he and the Russian Federation team lost to America 45–44 in the semi-finals of the team event. He soon retired from competitive fencing and is currently an official of the FIE.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Olympics Statistics: Stanislav Pozdnyakov". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-26. Retrieved 2011-12-29. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stanislav Pozdnyakov Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2011-12-29.


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